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HANSARD National Security BillOn that, I will give way—not for the last time, I am sure—to the right hon. Member.16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillPlus a few others. So it is a great pleasure to be here today. May I also place on record my enormous thanks to two right hon. Members—the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood…16 Nov 2022HANSARD National Security BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusIt is like an FAC reunion hearing the hon. Gentleman, my former Committee friend, making his points. He is right that the way we engage with authoritarian dictatorships and powers…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI am delighted to offer that commitment.01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityI thank the hon. Gentleman for his second question today; I hope I will be privileged to take many more. He can be assured that all security policy will include the whole of the…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityI thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. He is absolutely right to cite the fact that China has become a long-term strategic threat. I am afraid that I cannot answer on why…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityThe right hon. Gentleman makes his point extremely clearly. He knows that the new Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my hon. Friend the Member…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that a commitment to all citizens of the United Kingdom and all citizens in the United Kingdom is equally valid, wherever they come from and…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI welcome the words of my fellow sanctionee. That is one of the few foreign accolades of which I think we are equally proud. Let me make a few points. First, there is no delay in…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI thank the hon. Member for the tone with which he has addressed these questions. This is truly a United Kingdom issue, and the way to address them is for the United Kingdom to…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusMay I thank the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee for his kind words and emphasise my keenness to work with his Committee and Members across the House to make…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityI thank my hon. Friend for his kind words and for his work on the Bill Committee; he has been an absolute stalwart on the issue and has been a very dear friend for a lot longer. I…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityI thank the hon. Gentleman for what he has said. He is absolutely right. There is, sadly, no let-up in the concern about terrorism, and we know that the fact that we do not hear…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI thank the hon. Lady for the tone with which she has approached not just the urgent question but the National Security Bill Committee, and for the openness and frankness with…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityAll members of the King’s Privy Council have access to the information that is necessary to conduct their tasks.01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityMay I take a moment to pay enormous tribute to my friend? We met in Helmand about 16 years ago, when he was commanding a unit that I was sent to check up on. Well, he is checking…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityI pay enormous tribute to my right hon. Friend, whose work in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was incredibly important in championing democracy and freedom around…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityThe hon. Gentleman has made his points, and the Home Secretary answered yesterday.01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityThe right hon. Gentleman has made an extremely valid point. I can assure him that any requests from parliamentary security and the excellent lead that we have in the person who…01 Nov 2022